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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Life's Little Luxury Necessities

In reflecting on what we could do to cut back our spending, we looked
closely at what we were spending our money on. What was necessary, what
was not, and what was that in-between category I like to call a luxury
necessity.

For us Netflix is a luxury necessity. Yes,
technically we don't need Netflix, but we use it a lot and feel we are
getting our money's worth out of it. We own movies and get the free
basic cable channels, but Netflix adds so much more for a cheap price
that it feels justifiable.

Another for me is getting
the newspaper delivered to our door everyday. I read the newspaper, my
husband will glance through it occasionally- he usually gets the news
online. It's an expense, but again a minor one, especially considering
the fact that I use the coupons and can usually recoup the cost of the
newspaper, sometimes more. Plus I learn about events that are happening
around town that would be hard to keep track of otherwise. It's very
justifiable. Also, we recycle the newspapers.

One
other luxury necessity we enjoy is grocery shopping at Harmons. Yes,
sometimes the prices are more, but not always. But the experience is
worth any extra cost. Whenever we go to Walmart or Winco, it feels like
we are little guinea pigs running around a huge maze trying to avoid
running into the crazy looking mice and rats that are everywhere. We
know where everything is at Harmons, they carry certain items that other
stores don't, and the quality of the produce and meat beats other
stores. The have some extra nice items, like a salad bar with sushi,
artisan breads, and really good store made bratwurst and store sliced
thick bacon. Also, several employees seem to know us because it feels
like we have to go at least once a week to the store- they are very
friendly.

Those are some of life's little luxury
necessities we enjoy, and we'll keep on enjoying them because we save by
avoiding the non-necessity luxuries.

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